Once the spooky holiday is over, bring your pumpkin to Yew Dell for composting! We’re partnering with our friends at Oldham County Conservation District to keep pumpkins out of landfills. We’ll add your pumpkin to our nurtured compost pile, where they’ll eventually decompose and provide enrichment to our plants.  As a thank you, each dropped-off […]
Join Jacob Stidham and Storm Fraley from our horticulture team on this walk around the grounds as they point out unique evergreens used for wreath making plus other flowers, fruit, stems, and leaves you can use to add that extra zip to your winter wreath. Participants will receive a wreath frame to take home so […]
Philip Tamplin, from the Kentucky Bluebird Society, expands on his Bluebird Box Building workshop with this fun and lively presentation on bluebird behavior and the importance of the upcoming nesting season for these often-threatened birds. Afterwards, take a walk around Yew Dell to help Philip prep Yew Dell’s bird boxes for the spring nesting season. […]
Learn from Yew Dell’s Yuletide design experts on how to make your own Dried Flower Ornament! Sayde Heckman, our Garden and Arboretum Manager, and Jill Tinius, our cut flower guru, will lead participants through the steps of making their own unique glass ornament to take home. This dynamic duo was responsible for the botanical ornaments […]
Yuletide 2024, presented by WHAS-TV, returns for another season of family fun! Look forward to a new display of holiday lights and horticulturally-inspired decor, plus fan favorites like our delightful train village, Holiday Trees, a craft for the kids, food and beverages for purchase, and Santa! Thanks to sponsors Limbwalker and Wilson & Muir Bank […]
Yuletide 2024, presented by WHAS-TV, returns for another season of family fun! Look forward to a new display of holiday lights and horticulturally-inspired decor, plus fan favorites like our delightful train village, Holiday Trees, a craft for the kids, food and beverages for purchase, and Santa! Thanks to sponsors Limbwalker and Wilson & Muir Bank […]
Yuletide 2024, presented by WHAS-TV, returns for another season of family fun! Look forward to a new display of holiday lights and horticulturally-inspired decor, plus fan favorites like our delightful train village, Holiday Trees, a craft for the kids, food and beverages for purchase, and Santa! Thanks to sponsors Limbwalker and Wilson & Muir Bank […]
Yuletide 2024, presented by WHAS-TV, returns for another season of family fun! Look forward to a new display of holiday lights and horticulturally-inspired decor, plus fan favorites like our delightful train village, Holiday Trees, a craft for the kids, food and beverages for purchase, and Santa! Thanks to sponsors Limbwalker and Wilson & Muir Bank […]
Why not start a new tradition with this festive twist on an already favorite holiday workshop. Like all our wreath workshops, we’ll provide the greens, the frame, and all the decor and instruction you need to make your own holiday wreath. But this session will add festive holiday refreshments to enjoy during the class and […]
Yuletide 2024, presented by WHAS-TV, returns for another season of family fun! Look forward to a new display of holiday lights and horticulturally-inspired decor, plus fan favorites like our delightful train village, Holiday Trees, a craft for the kids, food and beverages for purchase, and Santa! Thanks to sponsors Limbwalker and Wilson & Muir Bank […]
Yuletide 2024, presented by WHAS-TV, returns for another season of family fun! Look forward to a new display of holiday lights and horticulturally-inspired decor, plus fan favorites like our delightful train village, Holiday Trees, a craft for the kids, food and beverages for purchase, and Santa! Thanks to sponsors Limbwalker and Wilson & Muir Bank […]
Sign up now because these fill up fast! Our Yew Dell family classic returns for another holiday season, with a third weekend added to try to meet demand. Our expert staff will lead you through the process of making your own special holiday wreath from materials collected right here on the grounds. From greens to […]
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